One of the probe committees investigating the snatching of high-profile convicted militants from a prison van has submitted its report. “We have received the report but I am yet to read it,” Home Secretary CQK Mustaq Ahmed has said after...
At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two feuding groups at Chilaura Bazar in Jagannathpur upazila in Sunamganj on Sunday night. Locals said there had been longstanding a dispute between Lulu Miah of Chilaura Samdhal village and...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have seized 100 gold bars and arrested a man after a private car was searched in Dhaka city. The arrested has been identified as Bijoy Sarker, 42. Operation Officer of Rab-3 Mohammad Anisuzzaman...
The Appellate Division has overturned a stay by a Chamber Judge and upheld the High Court’s order vacating eight positions of directors at the Pubali Bank. The bank’s lawyer said Monday’s order by the five-strong Appellate Bench led by the...
A reporter of a newspaper has been found dead at Uttara in Dhaka city. The deceased has been identified as Shah Alam Sagar, 25. He worked for the weekly ‘Saptahik Aparadh Daman’ as a reporter. Police said he died after...
The slavery drama "12 Years a Slave" won the best picture Oscar on Sunday night (Bangladesh time), becoming the first film from a black director to win the film industry’s top honour in the 86 years of the Academy Awards....
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Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend amid modest see-saw in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
Red carpet was rolled out when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Daw on Monday morning on a two-day official visit to attend the third Bimstec Summit. The summit of the seven-nation regional body of South Asia...
Australian actress Cate Blanchette won the best actress Oscar for her brilliant portrayal of a high-society woman who has fallen on hard times in Woody Allen's 'Blue Jasmine'. The actress, who previously won an Oscar for playing Katharine Hepburn in...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has said 500 more taxicabs will operate in the streets of Dhaka metropolitan city and Chittagong metropolitan city next month. “A total of 500 new taxicabs will hit the streets of Dhaka and Chittagong before the...
A man has been killed in a ‘shootout’ between law enforcers and a gang of miscreants in Savar upazila of Dhaka on Monday morning. A police officer has also been injured by bullet in the shootout. However, the identity of...
A fire broke out at the warehouse of the paint manufacturer, RAK Paints, on Jasimuddin Road at Uttara in the city on Monday morning. Fire service sources said the fire broke out from an unknown origin at the warehouse of...
A Tk 2 billion (200 crore) damage suit was filed against “Prothom Alo” editor and publisher Matiur Rahman and two other journalists of the daily newspaper for running reports on illegal occupation of land by “land grabbers”. Engineer MA Rashid,...
The G8 leaders have condemned Russia’s military build-up in Ukraine amid fresh diplomatic efforts to avert a dangerous escalation of the crisis. The world’s seven heavily industrialised countries who are partners of Russia, the other major industrialised nation and member...
At least seven people, including famous TV actor Afzal Hossain, have been sued on charge of beating two employees of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU). DRU employee Solaiman filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on Sunday night. Sources said a...
An intelligent finish from Angelo Mathews ensured Sri Lanka achieved a competitive 253 for 6, despite Afghanistan's earnest efforts with the ball. On a slow Mirpur surface, Afghanistan had Sri Lanka at 158 for 5, then 184 for 6 in...
Long queues of vehicles piled up at petrol stations across Nigeria on Monday while commuters were left stranded at bus stops as a fuel shortage hit Africa's biggest oil producer. Petrol marketers and tanker drivers blamed the shortfall on a...
Asian markets mostly fell on Monday as growing fears of a conflict between Ukraine and Russia sent traders scurrying for safer assets, with the yen surging and oil prices also seeing big gains. The downbeat atmosphere was compounded in some...
President Hamid Karzai has expressed "extreme anger" towards the United States as it prepares to end its 13-year war in Afghanistan, intensifying his criticism in his final months in power. Karzai has taken an increasingly antagonistic view of the US...
The Russia-Ukraine tensions sent investors scurrying to the yen, which is considered a safe bet in times of political and economic uncertainty. In afternoon trade the dollar was at 101.33 yen, compared with 101.76 yen in New York Friday afternoon,...
Japan Display, the world's biggest maker of screens for smart phones and tablet computers, on Monday announced details of a share offering that could raise up to $4.0 billion. The firm, which counts Apple and Sony as customers, said it...
A court here on Monday sent suspended Bangladesh Railway (East Zone) general manager Yusuf Ali Mridha to jail after rejecting his bail petitions in five cases filed over his alleged corruption in railway recruitment. Judge of Chittagong Metropolitan Session Judge’s...
Gunmen burst into a court in a busy shopping area in the center of the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least 11 people in a brazen attack likely to shatter any prospect of meaningful peace negotiations with Taliban insurgents....
Climbers scaling Mount Everest will have to bring back eight kilograms of garbage under new rules designed to clean up the world's highest peak, a Nepalese official said Monday. The rule, one of several new measures for mountaineering in the...
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Stocks extended losing streak for the fourth day amid volatile trading throughout the session with turnover declined further as investors remained cautious.The market opened with a positive note, but could not sustain. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
The government has formed an eight-member committee, headed by a Jatiya Party lawmaker, to recover the illegally occupied halls of Jagannath University (JnU). An emergency meeting of the education ministry formed the committee on Monday. The move follows a month...
Two suspected kidnappers succumbed to gunshot wounds, received during a ‘gunfight’ with RAB on Sunday. The victims have been identified as ‘Asim’, 50 and ‘Sangram’, 45. RAB-10 commander Lt Col Khandaker Golam Sarowar said the skirmish took place around Monday...
At least 40 shanties were damaged when a fire broke out at Milk Vita slum at city’s Mirpur section-10 on Monday morning. Shahjadi Sultana, a fire brigade station officer at the headquarters, said the fire originated from a stove of...
Italy's economy shrank by 1.9 percent in 2013 but its public deficit stayed within the European Union's limit of 3.0 percent of GDP in mixed news for the country's new government, official figures showed Monday. The contraction, which followed a...
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